Commentary for Bekhorot 84:8
בבהמה מטיל מים במקום נקבות חולין
holds: We fear lest his male sex may have changed into a female sex, whereas the other teacher<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Simeon. And when it urinates in the male or female part R. Hisda also admits that according to one Tanna it is a sure male or female respectively and not merely a doubtful animal. R. Hisda, however, when he says that all agree that it is a doubtful animal, refers to the view of the last Rabbis in the Mishnah above, explaining that one should not say that the reason for the view of the last Rabbis is because the tumtum is a creature apart and thus it can never receive holiness, as all the authorities are agreed that a tumtum is at least a case of a doubtful animal.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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